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More bulk billing is fine. But what the health system really needs this election is genuine reform

Worrying signs are emerging about aspects of Australia’s health system, which will require the attention of whoever wins the May election.

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Young survivors say cancer does not end with remission

More than 30,000 Australians are young cancer survivors but little is known about how the disease affects patients later in life.

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Albanese recalls family friend’s ‘confronting’ mental health struggle as he launches $1bn funding pledge

PM promises better access to treatment and counselling, saying many Australians have ‘issues that we need to talk about more’

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Ruston dismisses ‘ridiculous’ claims that NSW division out to roll Dutton – as it happened

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Bowen rejects Dutton’s claim hosting Cop31 would cost billions – as it happened

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Coalition pledges $10m for western Queensland weather radar – as it happened

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Labor promises PBS scripts will cost no more than $25, under latest health pitch for election

The Albanese government will make another pre-election offer in health, promising that if re-elected it will legislate to ensure people pay no more than $25 for a script under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

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Endometriosis, IVF & Contraceptive Treatments Set To Get Cheaper: ‘We Have Listened’

“This announcement is all about making treatment cheaper and easier, so women can focus on getting the care they need.”

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New $5 banknote to honour First Nations connection to Country; Dutton calls for crackdown on CFMEU ‘corruption’ – as it happened

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Women to save thousands of dollars a year as new fertility and endometriosis drugs listed on PBS

Hundreds of thousands of Australian women expected to benefit from cheaper medicines

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IVF, contraception drugs cheaper as birth rate dips

Several women's health drugs are being made cheaper as the government aims to boost the success of IVF treatments and help those suffering a painful condition.

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Woman whose baby died at a Sydney hospital waited 50 minutes after emergency caesarean was called, staff say

Exclusive: Staff say category-one emergency caesarean was called at privately run Northern Beaches hospital but mother gave birth vaginally almost an hour later

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Mark Butler calls Australia’s private hospitals and insurers to urgent meeting amid Healthscope financial crisis

Health minister convenes meeting after reports second-largest private hospital operator risks voluntary administration

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Brisbane ferries suspended ‘until further notice’ – as it happened

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Multimillion-dollar settlement for passengers on trip described by lawyer as ‘cruise from hell’ – as it happened

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Private health premiums to rise as hospitals cry poor

Insurers have been asked repeatedly to submit claims for premium rises to the government but private hospitals say they don't expect to see much of the money.

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GPs warn not all practices will take up Labor’s promised Medicare bulk-billing changes if rebates still too low

Health minister says modelling ‘very clearly’ shows majority of practices will benefit

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Brisbane bus drivers push back strike action – as it happened

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Albanese pledge: nine in ten GP visits bulk billed by 2030, in $8.5 billion Medicare injection

The Albanese government on Sunday will pledge $8.5 billion for Medicare, declaring this would enable all Australians to have access to bulk billing by 2030.

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Police raid home of Sydney nurse taken to hospital after allegedly threatening Israeli patients on video

Israeli influencer Max Veifer posts video on Instagram stating: ‘The police are asking me for the unedited version. I have nothing to hide. Here it is’

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Stoush over anti-Israel 'kill' rant video stalls probe

Two nurses who bragged about killing Israeli patients are yet to be charged by police as investigators seek access to video footage.

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Labor’s Half A Billion Dollar Investment in Women’s Health: What’s In It For You?

More endo clinics, bigger rebates on IUDs and more.

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Trans rallies push back against curb on gender care

Rallies have been held in major capitals and regional centres to support transgender youth as the peak medical body reviews care that one state has paused.

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A country practice luring health workers to the bush

Healthcare workers getting a taste of life in the country are staying in the bush, as medical groups push for rural health to be a federal election priority.

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Puberty blockers and trans kids' care to be reviewed

The health treatment of transgender children will be reviewed by Australia's peak health body as one state pauses gender-affirming care for new child patients.

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